ELLICOTT CITY - Bethany UMC is among the 50 congregations of many kinds in Anne Arundel and Howard counties that respond to homeless people?s need for shelter. In January, the church bedded down 22 homeless men, women and children, including a family of six, in Sunday school rooms. 'If we don?t...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories January 15, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 2 For more information More information about the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project can be found at www.mlkmemorial.org or call (202) 737-5420. Gifts...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary October 15, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 19 NEWS Gambling activists continue opposition BY MELISSA LAUBERUMCONNECTION STAFFFor opponents of gambling, Maryland is a battleground state, where past victories are being challenged by...
article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection October 2, 2002 On-line VOL. 13, NO. 19 The Judicial Council The Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church is the judicial arm of the church. The organizational structure and duties are outlined in The Book of Discipline...
GALESVILLE ? The Rev. Kathy Wilson and her husband are supported in their missionary work in a remote part of Alaska by Galesville UMC and eight other area United Methodist churches. Wilson is the pastor of Unalaska UMC and also a Coast Guard chaplain.The Wilsons have been helping in the tragic...
BY MELISSA LAUBER and LINDA WORTHINGTONUMCONNECTION STAFFIn an effort to assist pastors as they seek to serve God and engage congregations in the Discipleship Adventure, the Baltimore-Washington Conference is making changes in the way it appoints pastors. The new clergy appointment system will...
By Mary Baldridge'I want to be ready, I want to be ready, I want to be ready, to walk in Jerusalem just like John.'What a great song to think about as we end the summer and begin the fall season. I want to be ready. But what do we want to be ready for? Ready for school or fall activities? Ready...
BALTIMORE - The former St. Mark?s UMC on Garrison Blvd. and Liberty Heights Ave. was sold at auction Jan. 10.The church was built in 1909 and in its heyday was one of the city?s largest congregations with 800 members. By the 1970s, as the demographics changed the area from predominantly white to...
Of the estimated 40,000 new HIV infections each year, more than 50 percent occur among African Americans. To address this shocking statistic, Hughes UMC in Washington, created a ministry to serve as a resource center for Ward 7 and the entire D.C. metropolitan area.Hughes Hope now serves the...
article reprinted from the UMConnection: News Stories January 15, 2003 On-line VOL. 14, NO. 2 Scouting Sunday Feb. 9, 2003 For more information on the religious aspects of Scouting and on Scouting in general: www.scouting.org. Scouting nurtures call to ministry By...
